My front facing camera is FILTHY. I can't clean it with a cloth because it's tiny and the plastic kind of blocks the lens. How do you guys clean it? I tried a cue-tip and it didn't really do it.
Hi, try putting a few drops of water to a cotton bud and clean it. That works for me.
used a paper clip with a tiny bit of a wet tissue on the end. just jam it in and move it around a bit
I was afraid of scratching it. What I ended up doing was wrapping a regular cleaning cloth (like the ones you get with screen protectors) around an old plastic stylus I had lying around (which has a really soft edge, so it wouldn't have scratched it too much) and it worked relatively well. Thanks for the tips
Related
I was wiping the screen this morning and when I looked at the screen I noticed there were several tiny scratches. I think a tiny bit of grit was on the microfibre cloth I used. I decided to get the crystal clear protector bundle from boxware which incudes a two piece silicone cover for the uni as well. does anyone have any experience with this brand of screen protector? would this also stop the existing scratches from showing up? one is a rather nasty one which is about 1cm long and can be seen where the light refracts oddly. thanks in advance.
Bump:
i decided to take matters into my own hands. i use brasso to polish my ipod every few months when the scratches become too annoying. Now if brasso works with soft perspex, it should work with the polycarbonate layer that protects the touch sensitive screen. Before I begin with the details, the usual disclaimers apply; This is for your information only, if you attempt to carry out what is described, you do so at your own risk. I am in no way encouraging nor persuading anyone to do this. Now on to the good stuff.
IUnfortunately I have no pictures as I didn't really think much about it.
First make sure you have the following:
1) Brasso
2) microfiber cloth (buffing)
3) a wad of soft cotton cloth with small weave
4) Quite a bit of free time (90 minutes?)
Switching the unit off is no necessary, you just have to make sure that the touch screen is not active that's all. If possible, fold the wad of cotton once or twice, this helps you keep rubbing for longer periods without drying up. Hold it over the mouth of the bottle and tip the bottle once or twice, depending on how absorbant the cotton is. Do NOT saturate it. Start rubbing over the scratch with MILD pressure, back and forth along one axis; perpendicular to the scratch usually works best; do NOT use a circular motion. The reason for using a cloth with small weave is because I found the hardware that the bigger the weave is, the more prone one might be to create more scratches than he removes. The mild pressure used also helps with this, along with the fact that too much pressure may result in a cracked touch screen. You will inevitably get some brasso around the edges and on the plastic as well. Atleast on my O2 XDA Exec, this was not an issue, although I did take care to wipe up the excess on the plastic fairly quickly, every minute or so. Take care not to let the brasso cake up; this shouldn't happen with you're rubbing constantly and the gunk has no time to settle. If this happens DO NOT start rubbing over it again, even with a freshly soaked rag as the caked up brasso is just too abrasive and WILL cause scratches. In case this happens (and it will, if you go to the loo or to get a cup of tea), simply wipe it off gently using the microfiber cloth and pick up where you left off. I stopped maybe three times and wiped the screen completely clean to see how much progress I've made. A few points to remember are :
1) Use mild pressure
2) NEVER use a circular motion when rubbing
3) Clean off any excess gunk on the plastic as soon as you see it
The final result should be pretty good elimination of the scratches. I dunno how this would rate against other scratch removers, but with my ipod nothing worked better for the price, not even displex or applesauce.
I've just removed my screen protector and phone cover and there's a bunch of crud around the edges of the screen. I'm afraid to slide anything under the frame for fear of damagning something. How are you all cleaning yours?
cotton buds
I use cotten buds and Razzle Dazzle spray used to clean your specs, glasses
does a great job
comes up like new
hope that helps
i just cleaned mine when i had it apart put a new screen protector on afterwards
I use the thin plastic toothpicks that have a 45 degree on one side. They're bendable and flex with slightest resistance. Great for cleaning between screen and case. There is a pretty big gap between the screen and faceplate so alot of debris can get trapped in there. As long as the spongy black insulation foam is in good shape I dont see putting anything in edges to be a harmful to it.
The see-through (plastic?) lens cover appears to have a thin layer on it, a layer that comes off easily? i can remove it with my finger nail with repeated rubbing so it can't be an anti scratch layer
It's not really like scratches it looks more like it's just being rubbed off and the surface below looks not as shiny.
Do others have this or have had this?
Anyway on mine this layer is mostly off in the middle, bit of a pisser it probably effects the photo quality..
yes, this happened to me. I got a scratch on the lens cover and the "coating" started to rub off around the scratch then. Once it's broken it will all eventually chip or rub off. I was left with a dull not so transparent lens cover. crap photos.
I got a new back cover for 30euro! (argh!!). Now I do not rub my lens and am very careful. The initial scratch was caused by a tiny piece of salt or sand on the lens when I rubbed it clean with a microfibre cloth. Once it was scratched the protective film just flaked off really easy when I rubbed it even lightly.
Get a new back cover and be very careful when rubbing the lens cover in future. In fact DON'T rub it is best. If you do get a finger print on it very very lightly use a microfibre cloth to remove it. no hard rubbing.
bummer.. i'll just leave mine i think, maybe some one will bring out a better version, or i could maybe maybe stick a plane glass disc in.
yeah, it sucks doesn't it! I would not mind paying an extra 20euro for a desire if HTC would coat the lens cover with mineral glass or something so its much less likely to scuff. plastic with a coating is useless.
anyway, good luck if you replace it with a glass disc, that would be cool too. I splashed out for the battery cover, but it was expensive and wouldn't do it again if it happens.
Thats why I loved my Nokia N82. It had an actual lens cover that kept out dust, fingerprints, grit etc.
well, HTCs next big handset release will only be improved I imagine.
Same here
I've had the same problem, bad engineering on HTC's part in my opinion as the lens(cover) is a very much exposed part of this particular phone because of its 'bulgy' design. Never had this kind of problem on my Cybershotphones.
Too bad though as I'm otherwise very happy with my Desire (although it would have been nice if the screen were a bit less prone to scratching, gief Gorillaglass).
I ended up rubbing the lenscover until the entire coating was actually rubbed off in the hope pictures would be less blurry because of the partly chipped off coating.
Anyone know what the coating is for in the first place?
if this happens to mine I will drill the clear lens out
jamesmcuk said:
if this happens to mine I will drill the clear lens out
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think you can just bash it out - there's a post on the forum somewhere about it
So I had to resolder my micro usb port, and hot glue it, I did it successfully
However, I touched the lense, and there is this rubber thing on it, and when I clean it, that rubber thing kind of smudges onto the lense.
It's kind of clean atm, but not perfect. Also my outer glass cover lense(the outermost glass) is scratched up.
Anyone know what would happen if I removed that rubber piece covering the the lense?
jigglywiggly said:
So I had to resolder my micro usb port, and hot glue it, I did it successfully
However, I touched the lense, and there is this rubber thing on it, and when I clean it, that rubber thing kind of smudges onto the lense.
It's kind of clean atm, but not perfect. Also my outer glass cover lense(the outermost glass) is scratched up.
Anyone know what would happen if I removed that rubber piece covering the the lense?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Might get crude or dust in it. You could use rubbing alcohol on a rag and wipe lens. Or paint thinner lol just don't get it on the plastic.
I noticed a smudge of something on my front facing camera (probably a drop of Dr. Pepper from when my son had one blow up on him earlier that day), so I tried wiping it off with my shirt, but it needed just a little more "umph" to get it off..... So I used my fingernail, which I've done hundreds of times on the back camera, but now there's now about a dozen scratches on the front lens. I've tried cleaning it with a Q-Tip and alcohol, but they are still there.
I can't imaging my fingernail actually scratching this up..... Could there be a coating or something that I've actually scratched up that can be buffed out? My screen is polarized, maybe that extended up over the lens?
Anyone else notice their front camera is easily scratched up?
tele_jas said:
I noticed a smudge of something on my front facing camera (probably a drop of Dr. Pepper from when my son had one blow up on him earlier that day), so I tried wiping it off with my shirt, but it needed just a little more "umph" to get it off..... So I used my fingernail, which I've done hundreds of times on the back camera, but now there's now about a dozen scratches on the front lens. I've tried cleaning it with a Q-Tip and alcohol, but they are still there.
I can't imaging my fingernail actually scratching this up..... Could there be a coating or something that I've actually scratched up that can be buffed out? My screen is polarized, maybe that extended up over the lens?
Anyone else notice their front camera is easily scratched up?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My boyfriends scratched his up and there was like a film layer that he was able to take off and it gives him clear picture shots now.
sapplegater said:
My boyfriends scratched his up and there was like a film layer that he was able to take off and it gives him clear picture shots now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you, that's what I was hoping to hear
Yea same here, I ended up putting brake kleen on a qtip and now it's clear again.
Sent from my Renovated Elemental M8
Toothpaste on a Q-tip, then nail polish remover with the other end of the Q-tip. Rub in small circles until you start seeing the black film coming off.
Sent from my HTC M8